Narrative Illustration: Tell a Story without Words
Narrative In Silence: Get Down to Earth, Get Your Feet Wet, But All in Silence
A course by Enrique Torralba , Illustrator Specialized in Literature for Children and Young Adults
Joined January 2019
About the video: Narrative In Silence: Get Down to Earth, Get Your Feet Wet, But All in Silence
Overview
“The narrative illustrated in silence and the enormous noise that it generates, is one that without the need for a text shouts out loud with images. It is still very unknown to many, but it has enormous potential when it comes to telling stories, the word is replaced, either by a sequence of images or by their concatenation with the purpose of linear or cryptic narrative. Let's discover together where it takes us, I will teach you how to prepare the implements for a narrative adventure. ”
In this video lesson Enrique Torralba addresses the topic: Narrative In Silence: Get Down to Earth, Get Your Feet Wet, But All in Silence, which is part of the Domestika online course: Narrative Illustration: Tell a Story without Words. Discover the power of visual narratives by creating images filled with meaning and detail.
Partial transcription of the video
“WORDLESS NARRATIVES GET DOWN TO EARTH, GET YOUR FEET WET, BUT DO IT WITHOUT WORDS And what is a wordless illustrated narrative? It’s an illustration that screams so loud and clear that it doesn’t need a text. It tells the story through images alone. This ensures that the story will live on much longer in a first, second, or third reading. But there are also various formats of wordless illustrated narrative. It can be presented as short books or longer books. It can also be narrative sequence exercises, which is sort of the case of the project we’ll work on in the course. This kind of materi...”
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Course summary for: Narrative Illustration: Tell a Story without Words
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Category
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Areas
Children's Illustration, Drawing, Gouache Painting, Narrative, Picturebook, Storytelling, Traditional illustration

Enrique Torralba
A course by Enrique Torralba
Enrique Torralba is an illustrator specializing in children's and young adult literature who has worked with publishers like SM, Santillana, Alfaguara, Edelvives, and the Kabbalah International Center in Los Angeles.
He has been selected to represent Mexico twice alongside other Mexican illustrators, at the 2009 Salón del libro in Paris and the 2010 Salón del libro in Quebec. He is also a founding member of Ilustradero and the Mexican Illustrators' Association.
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